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The first video game I was in. I was 13 and video games were the world for me, and my character was awful. He had this terrible orange 'fro, his voice was a man's and he was slow and didn't turn well – nothing like me.
Not getting picked for England.
Never to have won the French Open.
Not hearing the Ellington band live.
Losing in the 2012 world championships final.
Not taking more time out from work for holidays.
Being let down by people I trust always stings.
Plenty of matches got away, but there’s nothing I can do about it, so why worry?
I try not to have disappointments, because a lot of the bad things that happen in life teach you things.
Beijing 2008 – not making the Olympic final.
That my mum and dad didn’t move to live by the sea, where we live, before they died.
The way I left English cricket. I was scapegoated for the Ashes tour in 2013-14 and there was a bitter battle between the England Cricket Board and me for a few years.
Professionally, when I lost my first Wimbledon final. I am also disappointed I didn’t learn Spanish when I lived there.
Not playing in the World Cup.
Never going back to the Tour de France and trying to win again.
That Scottish tennis has failed to capitalise on the successes of Jamie and Andy.
Any lost match is, of course, disappointing, but every loss is a lesson to be learned.
To go out of Strictly Come Dancing as early as I did.
Not going to the World Cup in 1986 and not going to the World Cup in 1998.